Real Madrid assistant coach Zinedine Zidane has dubbed the record breaking transfer fee his club paid for Wales winger Gareth Bale as "incomprehensible" in the current economic climate.
Bale signed for the Spanish giants from Tottenham Hotspur last week on a six-year year contract for a fee of around £80m ($124m or 94m euros. When asked whether Bale was worth the hefty fee paid for him, Zidane, the ex-France playmaker, said that question should be asked in a year's time.
He also noted, "ten years ago, they bought me for 75m euros and I said I wasn't worth it”.
Zidane said he would offer Bale some advice as the Welshman seeks to hold down a place in manager Carlo Ancelotti's team.
Bale, who is currently on international duty with Wales, is expected to make his Real Madrid debut against Villareal on September 14.
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